Turf Moor is a football stadium in Burnley, Lancashire. It is the home ground of English football club Burnley F.C., who have played there since 1883.
It is situated on Harry Potts Way in Burnley, and has a capacity of 22,546, all seated. Its four main stands are the James Hargreaves Stand, the Jimmy McIlroy Stand, the Bob Lord Stand and the Cricket Field Stand.
Its first game saw Burnley play Rawtenstall in 1883 shortly after the club had moved from their original premises at Calder Vale. It is one of the oldest football grounds still in use in the United Kingdom, behind only Preston North End's ground, Deepdale and Bramall Lane.
The record attendance at Turf Moor came in 1924 when Burnley played Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup with 54,755 people attending.
New Burnley director, Brendan Flood, has stated that the ground will go through further redevelopment, and the plans were publicly released on 24 July 2007. It will be a major development, costing £20m. The plans - which would incorporate the redevelopment of the Cricket Field Stand and the moving of the players' entrance tunnel, have been put on hold until the current financial climate improves. With a further development of a second tier on the Bob Lord stand now that Burnley have finally reached the Premier League once again for the first time since 1976 the anticipated capacity of Turf Moor will eventually be 28,000 to cope with extra fans. #arena #burnley #clarets #england #epl #estadio #fa #league #max #moor #premier #stadion #stadium #turf
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